Learn how to use denial to help you when you are facing tragedy and how to recognize and move past denial when it becomes counterproductive. Through a fresh and comforting perspective, Parker takes the shame out of denial with practical and relatable solutions to uncovering, reframing, and harnessing this very normal coping technique. Hands-on exercises and compelling personal stories help you…

eBook Changing to Thrive
Using the Stages of Change to Overcome the Top Threats to Your Health and Happiness
Author: Janice Prochaska, James Prochaska

Changing unhealthy behaviors is easier said than done. In this groundbreaking book, you will be guided through a six-stage process designed to help you assess your readiness to change, then tap the inner resources necessary to thrive physically, emotionally, and socially. Through interactive exercises, Changing to Thrive will help you progress through the stages of change and learn that you have…

With this groundbreaking work, Sex in Recovery, Jennifer Matesa uncovers the challenges real people encounter when they start taking their clothes off--without drinking or using in order to do so. Providing readers "a meeting between the covers," Matesa blends first-person accounts bravely shared by diverse members of the recovery community, insights from experts, and her own…

Learn to change the self-critical stories in your mind and reframe your perception to gain the self-confidence needed to build a more fulfilling relationship, career, and social life. Through practical, easy-to-understand principles and techniques as well as real-life examples, What Went Right teaches you to recognize and intervene on self-defeating thought processes. Through these exercises, you…

Buy your Kindle eBook from Amazon Buy your kobo eBook Buy your Barnes and Noble eBooks Buy your iBook at iTunesHere is the classic text for couples interested in creating freer, more joyful, and profoundly intimate relationships. In their best-selling book about couple relationships, Jordan Paul and Margaret Paul explore the delicate balance of being true to oneself and being loved by another.

These inspirational meditations, prayers, and stories were written by an Ojibwe Elder and alcohol and drug counselor to speak directly to American Indians about their everyday experience of recovery from alcoholism. A combination of Ojibwe and Twelve Step spiritual principles and practices and stories from Indians struggling with recovery create an authentic experience of the challenges and…

Buy your Kindle eBook from Amazon Buy your kobo eBook Buy your Barnes and Noble eBooks Buy your iBook at iTunesSelf-Care for Caregivers offers thoughtful guidance for the family caregiver on how to take care of yourself so you can take care of others.

Strong self-esteem is a critical ingredient for human happiness -- and its development begins at home in the nurturing interactions between children and adults. Clarke's unique approach to building self-esteem begins with her belief that this is indeed a "family affair."

Just as recovery requires daily practice, so does physical fitness and a healthy lifestyle. In The Recovering Body, seasoned health writer, Jennifer Matesa ignites the recovery community with the first-ever guide to achieving physical recovery as part of your path to lifelong sobriety.

Item: EB7568
Current research, best practices and testimonials on recovery from substance abuse

Beverly Conyers, a prominent voice in recovery, uses personal stories and informed insight to guide you in achieving emotional sobriety by addressing behaviors and feelings unique to the female experience.

Buy your Kindle eBook from Amazon Buy your kobo eBook Buy your iBook at Barnes and Noble Buy your iBook at iTunesA companion to the best-selling book of the same title, this popular workbook helps couples create a deeply satisfying, more intimate relationship. Focusing on the ever-present dynamic of conflict -- and the process of working through it -- the authors guide couples in getting to the…